Kevin Durant May Be Starting for the Oklahoma City Slickers Next Season

Warning: What follow may strike some as unfettered snobbery.

As the future of the Sonics remains a total mess—the Howard Schultz suit certainly looks like the best exploitation of the obvious. But those happy folks in OKC aren't interested in dwelling on the perfidy of their local energy barons. No, they just want to have some fun, or at least as much as they can have without the team firmly within their grasp. Hence, The Oklahoman has started a bracket-type contest to pick a new name. Since, you know, they now may be forced to abandon the Sonics brand in a tacit admission of wrongdoing.

Hot Dogs: That has to be the dumbest idea I've ever heard. Great, you people like hot dogs. We all do. Get over it and learn who you really are!

Vultures: When your city is widely seen as opportunistic and minor, you shouldn't go this direction. 

Sonic Booms: Dudes, that's just like the old name, which has nothing to do with your city.

City Slicker: Way to make the basketball players feel at home. Damn city folk. 
Pride: You might want to reconsider this option. . . in some parts of the country, it's got a very specific connotation. 

Lollipops: Is this a reference to the musical? 

Okie Dokies: If you want the country to think you're not just a bunch of yahoos, you might want to avoid this type of slang.

It's also kind of weird that one of the regions is called "Chris Paul." Do they not know what team they're getting?

(H/T: True Hoop)

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